>
> It seems that silver's conductivity is only
>6 to 11 percent better than copper. And the skin depth
>of silver and copper at 100Mhz is about .00026 inches. So to get
>the entire 6 to 11 percent improvement in Q you would
>have to have the plating at least .26 mils thick. And that
>is at 100 Mhz, at 10 Mhz it would be about a mil. thick.
>That is thick for plating now days.
> Silver does solder well and makes for great switch contacts.
>I wonder what properties of silver are so desirable.
>
? Copper oxide and copper sulphide are poor conductors. Silver oxide
and silver sulphide are not.
>
cheers, Bill
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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